Knitting Now and Then

Last week we were in London for a few days and I took the opportunity to go to the Mary Quant exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum, ...

The lack of posts recently is due to The Move - the Knitting & Crochet Guild collection's move to new premises in Slaithwaite.  It h...

Patons 9887 Yesterday I was going through a parcel of pattern leaflets donated to the Knitting & Crochet Guild collection, when this...

I finished sewing up a sweater just before the Knitting & Crochet Guild Convention, a couple of weeks ago.  In fact, I started it more t...

In the 1960s, Mary Quant was one of the foremost fashion designers in London, widely credited with popularising the miniskirt.  She also ...

At the end of November/beginning of December I missed a couple of days working at Lee Mills, for various reasons, so I brought some pattern ...

Emu 2561 - designed by Mary Quant Last week at Lee Mills, I was searching for Emu pattern leaflets designed by Mary Quant.  She did two ...